NTSB to Investigate Collision at JFK

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate last night’s collision between a super-jumbo jet and a commuter plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The agency said it plans to examine black box flight recorders on both planes, along with radar data and tapes from air traffic control. Investigators are also interviewing witnesses.

An Air France Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner, scraped its left wing against the tail of a Comair commuter jet working as a flight for Delta Air Lines as the two passed at a busy intersection of two taxiways. (Watch video of the incident from NBC 4)

A spokesman said Delta and Comair would cooperate with the investigation. Air France couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. Such incidents happen a few times every year around the country–including one at LaGuardia and once at Newark since 2005, according to the NTSB. There were 18 ground accidents involving commercial planes since 2005, which generally cause some damage to planes but don’t result in major injuries, according to NTSB data.